Setups for your local computer

Author: Xiping Gong (xipinggong@hotmail.com, Department of Food Science and Technology, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, University of Georgia, Griffin, GA, USA)

Date: 1/14/2025

Introduction

This notebook will help you to setup your computer. I am using a Window 10 system, and the following provides a general procedure to have your computer equipped with essential tools.

  • Install a Linux environment in the window system

Window 10 provides the "Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)", and it allows us to operate both Linux and Windows at the same time. The essential idea is to install an Ubuntu app in the Window system, so that we can use the Ubuntu in the Windows.

How to start the Ubuntu in the Windows PowerShell? Open a terminal and type the app installed, like

PS C:\Users\Xipin> ubuntu.exe
  • Install the Anaconda

The following includes several important bash commands to install the Anaconda.

$ wget https://repo.anaconda.com/archive/Anaconda3-2024.10-1-Linux-x86_64.sh
$ chmod +x Anaconda3-2024.10-1-Linux-x86_64.sh
$ bash Anaconda3-2024.10-1-Linux-x86_64.sh

It can be better if you use a different prefix location, for example, "/home/xipinggong/programs/anaconda/anaconda3"

  • Install the Jupyter notebook

It can be better to use the conda to install.

In the future, if you want to install the python packages, then try to use the conda to install.

Important: Please ask the ChatGPT if you have any questions about the details.